Improvement in machines for cutting chenille-cloth



R. N. HAVERS & R. e. GEAGH. Machine for Cutting Chenille Cloth.

No. 222,273. Patented Dec. 2,1879.

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IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING CHENILLE-CLOTH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,273. dated December2,1879; application filed July 21, 1879; patented in England December14, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, ROBERTNUDDS HA- VERS, of Bradford, in the county ofYork, and ROBERT GIOHARD GEAGH, of Westminster, in the county ofMiddlesex, both in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for CuttingChenille-Cloth, for which we have obtained British Letters Patent No.4,755, dated December 14, 1877, andv tional view of a portion of thesame; Fig. 4,

a corresponding plan view; and Fig. 5, a sectional view of amodification.

A A is the framing of the machine. B is the main shaft, to which motionis imparted by means of a strap, in the ordinary manner. C is theback-beam, which contains the cloth D to be cut.

The cloth is conducted in the'direction of the arrows over roller E andadjustable guard F, this guard being fixed to projecting brackets Gthat'are secured to the top front rail of the apparatus.

H H are vertical brackets, to which is secured a bar, H, carrying anumber of small pulleys, J, which have thin V-shaped or pointedprojections on the circumference. These pulleys can be spaced by usingdifferent sizes of washers to suit the spacing of the warps in the clothto be cut into chenille.

The bar carrying the pulleys can also be adjusted vertically in theslots in the brackets in order that the projections. may pass throughthe weft such a distance that the sides of the V shapes may be broughtnear the warp of the cloth to cause the cloth to travel in a straightline and to keep the warp at the proper distance from the knives orcutters K, secured on the spindle K. On the end of this spindle is apulley, L, which is driven from a pulley, M, on the shaft B.

The bars N are pivoted to the top of front rail, N, and the ends 0 areplaced into the pockets formed in the selvage of the cloth, and to eachof these bars is attached a. spiral spring, N for the purpose of keepingthe cloth stretched transversely before it is cut by the knives.

When the cloth passes over the knives K and is out thereby, the severedstrands travel between the guides P on the top rail, N, to the frontrollers, R, whichare actuated from the main shaft B through pulleys Sand S, and wheels T and T, so that as the front beams, R, revolve thecloth is drawn from the back roller, 0, in the direction of the arrowand cut by the revolving knives into strips or strands ready for use inweaving fancy dress goods.

Fig. 5 shows our modified arrangement for cutting the cloth withoscillating knives, which are actuated by an eccentric on the shaft B.This eccentric is connected by means of a rod, U, to the lever U, whichis secured on the spindle K, on which the cutters X'are also secured, sothat by the action of the revolving eccentric an oscillating motion isimparted to the knives or cutters, which cut the weft of the cloth as ittravels from the back roller to the front rollers, as before described.

We claim as our invention 1. In a machine for cutting chenille-cloth,the combination of a spindle carrying a series of cutting-knives, with abar carrying a series of corresponding guiding-pulleys J, and mechanismfor driving said spindle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the front and back rollers and a spindle carryinga series of cutting-knives with a rail carrying a series of guides, P,and mechanism for driving said spindle and front rollers, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination of the front and back rollers and rail and a spindlecarryinga se- In testimony whereof we have signed our names to tlnsspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT NUDDS HAVERS. ROBERT GIGHARD GEACH.

\Yitnesses:

JOHN WAUGH, JOHN GILL.

